Rimfire (film)
Rimfire is a 1949 American Western directed by B. Reeves Eason. The film is a noir Western.[1]
Rimfire | |
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Directed by | B. Reeves Eason |
Produced by | Ron Ormond associate Ira S. Webb |
Written by | Ron Ormond Arthur St. Claire Frank Wisbar |
Starring | see list below |
Music by | Walter Greene |
Cinematography | Ernest Miller |
Edited by | Hugh Winn |
Production company | Lippert Productions |
Distributed by | Screen Guild Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 63 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Plot
The plot is a mystery revolving around Captain Tom Harvey, an undercover army agent played by James Millican, who is investigating the theft of army gold shipments. During his undercover investigations, Harvey takes on the job of deputy sheriff and is drawn into discovering the source of a ghost who is terrorizing the town. The ghost is apparently the manifestation of a gambler who was wrongly convicted and hanged for the gold thefts.
Cast
- James Millican as Captain Tom Harvey
- Mary Beth Hughes as Polly
- Reed Hadley as The Abeline Kid
- Henry Hull as Editor Nathaniel Greeley
- Victor Kilian as Sheriff Jim Jordan
- Fuzzy Knight as Porky Hodges
- Chris-Pin Martin as Chico
- George Cleveland as Judge Gardner
- Margia Dean as Lolita
- Ray Bennett as Barney Bernard
- Glenn Strange as Curt Calvin
- John Cason as Blazer
- Jason Robards, Sr. as Banker Elkins
- I. Stanford Jolley as Toad Tyler
- Ben Erway as Deputy Sheriff Harry Wilson
Production
Filming started 15 December 1948.[2]
Margia Dean recalled "It was a good little picture. Some of them I made were corny, but this was pretty well done. These films were done fast with last minute script changes. If you hit your spot and said the dialogue, it was printed."[3]
References
- "RIMFIRE". Monthly Film Bulletin. 18. 1951. p. 236. ProQuest 1305808968.
- Schallert, E. (15 December 1948). "Glenn McCarthy will carry on rural sagas; logan joins forsytes". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 165889907.
- http://www.westernclippings.com/interview/margiadean_interview.shtml